12 students were selected for the 2020-2021 UF Health Cancer Center University Scholars Program.

2020-2021 Scholars

Shoba Abraham

• Major: Biochemistry
• Minor: Health Disparities
• Mentor: Walter O’Dell, PhD
• College of Medicine
• Research Project Title:
  Evaluating Variability in the Measurement of Global Longitudinal Strain with Slice Orientation
• UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Control & Population Sciences 

Jacob Best

• Major: Biology-Biotechnology
• Minor: Bioinformatics
• Mentor: Rui Xiao, PhD
• College of Medicine
• Research Project Title:
  Mechanisms of longevity regulation of C. elegans
• UFHCC Research Program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis

Cayle Gao

• Major: Biochemistry
• Minor: Mathematics
• Mentor: Carma Bylund, PhD
• College of Medicine
• Research Project Title:
  Doctor-patient cancer communication through telemedicine during COVID-19
• UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Population Sciences

Mitchell Gulkis

• Major: Biochemistry
• Minor: Music Theory
• Mentor: Jianrong Lu, PhD
• College of Medicine
• Research Project Title:
  Verification of Gene Targets Determined as Vulnerabilities by a Bioinformatic Screen in EMT Cancer Cells
• UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response

10 Years — Champions of Center of Undergraduate Research